Fame Quotes · Page 3

I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness.

— Mary MacLane

Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No…

— Corra May Harris

Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it.

— James Russell Lowell

People ask me, 'Did the fame come too fast? Do you ever wish for your old life?' I always tell them that…

— Zach Braff

Through it all, this wild life on and off the road , through Jordanian deserts , Spanish islands, German prisons, Caribbean tax…

— Eric Burdon

Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.

— William Shakespeare

None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit…

— Samuel Johnson

We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to…

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

There's no downside to fame and people who whine about it make me sick. It's the greatest thing in the world.

— Jerry Seinfeld

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it.

— Jo Stafford

Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory…

— Muhammad Ali

I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.

— David Schwimmer

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

— John Milton

My fame came from my success as a country music singer,

— Mindy McCready

[A fan] said, 'What can I do to get your attention?' I was like 'Um, just take your clothes off.' She stood…

— Robert Pattinson

My family didn't come from fame. No one was musical in my family except for me.

— Tiffany Darwish

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to…

— Shirley Manson

Some aspects of the fame are annoying, but at the end of the day it's something we're most grateful for. It's certainly…

— Ryan Ross

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower…

— Adam Clayton

“I shall bere your noble fame, for ye spake a grete worde and fulfilled it worshipfully.”

— Thomas Malory

“She really liked you, Noah,' 'Yeah, well, maybe I'm just an asshole.' I realize my hand is still in his hair and…

— Becky Wicks

Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things.

— Mary MacLane

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage…

— Wade Boggs

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed…

— Moliere

You get a lot of fame, but haven't created anything musically.

— Tove Styrke